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UT Arlington In The News — Friday, October 18, 2013

Anti-bullying programs scrutinized

As programs to combat bullying proliferate in schools across the US,
their effectiveness is coming under scrutiny – and early findings are
mixed, said a Christian Science Monitor
story that focused on a study by UT Arlington assistant professor of
criminology Seokjin Jeong. The recently published UT Arlington study
suggests that some school approaches to the problem may have the
unintended effect of encouraging it, by planting in students' thoughts
new bullying tactics and ways to hide them.

UT Arlington assistant professor of criminology Seokjin Jeong’s study
on bullying programs in schools and how they might be having the
opposite of their intended effects also was also mentioned on KoreAM, a website about the Korean American experience, and the websites of the Las Vegas Guardian Express, AllGov.com and OneNewsNow.

MOOC studies planned

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has been awarded a grant to
study the effectiveness of its first Massive Open Online Course and
researchers hope to have their work ready in time to present at a
December conference hosted by UT Arlington, the LaCrosseTribune
reported. The grant program is part of Athabasca University’s MOOC
Research Initiative and is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.

Shutdown effects

UT Arlington Political Science Professor Allan Saxe told KRLD/NewsRadio 1080AM
all of the criticism about Sen. Ted Cruz’ role in the recent government
shutdown hasn’t weakened Cruz – outside Washington. “I would argue that
generally, he’s come out in pretty good shape. He not only has the
support of the Tea Party, he is the icon of the Tea Party.”

Fossils have new home

Fossils from the well-known Arlington Archosaur site, which once
belonged to UT Arlington, have been donated to the Perot Museum of
Nature and Science, a story on WFAA/ABC 8 said. Derek Main, the director of the site and a UT Arlington graduate, died unexpectedly in early June.